“Your actions speak louder than words. Denial won’t salvage the truth.”

Millie advanced towards Emerie, her hand delivering a resounding slap across Emerie’s cheek.

Staggering back, Emerie took a few unsteady steps, her voice erupting in a cry of shock and indignation.

“Millie, how could you!”

Emerie shielded her face with her hands, a complex mix of humiliation and fury overtaking her. Her eyes smoldered with a fire that seemed to consume Millie.

A revelation hit Emerie, the coffee had been a deliberate trap set by Millie.

“Relative to a countenance covered in festering blemishes, you ought to realize that this slap is merely a gentle graze.” Millie’s words dripped with pointed sarcasm. She emitted a disdainful snort.

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Millie’s aggression escalated.

She hadn’t anticipated that

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a touch of mockery. Perhaps she should have infused the sachet’s contents into Emerie’s coffee, allowing her

in anticipating Emerie’s

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